We are delighted to announce that for the 2020 Edi­tion of the race we are part­ner­ing with Sri Lankan Air­lines!… Read more.

This week we turn our atten­tion to a con­tin­ent which, des­pite being home to some of the world’s greatest long dis­tance run­ners, is not fam­ously known for ultra run­ning — Africa… Read more.

Read about the Ultra X Elite Team set­ting some records on the John Muir Way…

One of our core aims at Ultra X is to estab­lish a strong com­munity of like-minded indi­vidu­als and there aren’t many bet­ter ways to foster a sense of con­nec­tion than by run­ning through the day and night with friends (and rivals!), tra­vers­ing an entire coun­try along breath­tak­ing ter­rain on min­im­al sleep… Read more.

Our events are for every­one and once again we have a diverse range of par­ti­cipants tak­ing part, from first-timers and mid-pack­ers, to seasoned endur­ance ath­letes and pro ultra run­ners. We asked five of the athletes/heroes com­pet­ing in the inaug­ur­al race about their motiv­a­tions for tak­ing on this epic chal­lenge. Check out what they had to say… Read more.

Ultra X Jordan 2019 was the second of our qual­i­fy­ing events and it was anoth­er unfor­get­table week in the desert. It was one of the closest races we’ve ever had, with the podi­um pos­i­tions and age group qual­i­fy­ing slots being hotly con­tested all week… Read more.

We want to offer the unfor­get­table exper­i­ence of a multi-stage ultra without for­cing com­pet­it­ors to take hol­i­day and to encour­age people who’ve nev­er tried an ultramara­thon before to take on the chal­lenge.… Read more.

Cre­at­ing chal­lenges to push the mind and the body is in our DNA and as such when TRIBE approached us back in Novem­ber 2018 with the sug­ges­tion to col­lab­or­ate to cre­ate the third instal­ment of the Run for Love saga we jumped at the chance… Read more.

For our Jordan and Mex­ico par­ti­cipants this is an oppor­tun­ity to meet some of your fel­low com­pet­it­ors, get use­ful inform­a­tion for the upcom­ing races and try on some kit… Read more.

Regis­tra­tion for Ultra X Jordan (pre­vi­ously Wadi Rum Ultra) has offi­cially opened for the 2019 race… Read more.

This past week the Ultra X team have been in Sri Lanka com­plet­ing the last route checks before the ultramara­thon in April… Read more.

The Ultra X team has just returned to the UK from the foot­hills of Kandy, Sri Lanka… Read more. The Ultra X team on their recent trip to Sri Lanka and what goes into a race recce. 

80% are broken by mid- Feb­ru­ary so why both­er?… Read more. The Ultra X team are set­ting some big goals for 2019.

Ultra X here are look­ing at all events under the ultra mara­thon cat­egory: single stage, multi stage, 100 mile and more, to con­sider which are the best ultra mara­thons in the world in 2020 and which events need to be on every run­ners ulti­mate buck­et list… Read more.

This week­end it’s the Nation­al Run­ning Show at Birmingham’s NEC and we’ll be there in force. Expect epic com­pet­i­tions, meet and greet oppor­tun­it­ies with your favour­ite ath­letes, a chance to travel to 4,000m alti­tude, lots of excit­ing giveaways and heaps of stash… Read more.

You will all remem­ber last years epic christ­mas chal­lenge, the Ultra X #holiday100! Well we are back for 2019, even big­ger and bet­ter! With even more prizes for you, our amaz­ing com­munity! Find out more here.

Ultra X Mex­ico 2019 was the third and final qual­i­fy­ing event of this year (there will be three more next year) and it was a truly unfor­get­table week in the canyons… Read more.

Ultra X Mex­ico starts at the magic town of Creel situ­ated 2345 metres above sea level. So, we are chal­len­ging YOU to climb there… Read more.

Dr Danny Long­man from Cam­bridge Uni­ver­sity spent the week in Jordan at the 2018 Wadi Rum Ultra. His aim was to con­duct research on the effects of pro­longed heat exer­tion on the human mind and body… Read more.

Ath­letes can qual­i­fy through one of four ways: 1) Gain­ing points through excep­tion­al per­form­ance; 2) Qual­i­fy­ing through the Ultra X Alle­gi­ant scheme; 3) Being selec­ted in the char­ity bal­lot… Read more.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to all those who won places into the 2019 UTMB! .… Read more.  Ultra X are delighted to announce that they will be in Chamonix for the full week in a big way!

The first thought that enters a lot of people’s minds when they hear about an Ultra X event is that such an under­tak­ing would be impossible… Read more.

Ultra X are delighted to announce their new part­ner­ship with Just One Body Osteo­pathy who will be provid­ing ser­vices at all our events… Read more.

Read about some of the top ath­letes who will be racing in Sri Lanka… Read more.

How Ultra X are using this amaz­ing soft­ware start-up to map their trails… Read more.

We take a look back at the legends that took part in the #holiday100 between Christ­mas Eve (24th) and New Year (mid­night on the 31st). Con­grat­u­la­tions to you all. Read more.